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AFRICA- RELATED SIGHTS	*GENERAL AFRIQUE / AFRIKA* Africa Online Africa South of the Sahara (K.Fung, Stanford U.) AdmiNet - Africa All Africa News Wire news from African presses African Newspapers On-line (AJR site) African Newspapers On-line (MediaInfo site) African Newspapers On-line (ABYZ News site) Rules for Playing Oware popular African board game African Games / Awale links 4th World Documentation Project - African Documents TeleDiplomacy, Inc. Electronic Embassy Project Africa: Technology & Networking The African Academy of Sciences African Journals Online (from INASP) Women of Africa Resources (Candice Bradley) Orientation Africa (search engine) Virtual Tourist - Africa IRIN - UN's Integrated Regional Information Network Contemporary African Database *AFRICAN CONTINENT WEATHER* Weather in Africa (by country) AJR NewsLink Weather Services Realtime Satellite Images of Africa (updated 5 times/day) Satellite Images: Organized Weather Links: Africa

	*RWANDA* Rwanda U Penn African Studies Rwanda Information Exchange AllAfrica: Rwanda Headlines AdminNet: Rwanda (links) Rwanda Rwanda (links from Stanford U.) Kigali weather forecast National University of Rwanda (Butare) U.S. Consular Information Sheet: Rwanda (1999)

	*RWANDA'S RECENT WAR and REFUGEE CRISIS* ReliefWeb UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs IRIN Rwanda Report Rwanda Special Report from One World on-line Rwanda: Humanitarian DHA-13 (26 July 1995) Rwanda: Civil OFDA-06 (27 July 1995) Rwanda: Civil OFDA-07 (30 July 1995) Oxfam: Programme Update 30 - Rwanda crisis Oxfam: Programme Update 21 - Rwanda crisis Zaire: Refugees OFDA-01 (28 August 1995) Zaire: Refugees OFDA-02 (30 August 1995)

	*The DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of the CONGO* *(Formerly ZAÏRE)* In May 1997 Zaïre became recognized as The Democratic Republic of the Congo. AdmiNet: Zaire (links) Zaire U Penn African Studies Congonline (en français) Democratic Republic of the Congo (links from Stanford U.) Forecasts for Goma, Kinshasha, and Kisangani Congo Times Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire Country Study (Library of Congress, dated) Constitutional Background & Political History (dated) Lonely Planet Guide to Zaire Travel tips for wazungus Eruption Images List (volcano eruption images)

	*OUTBREAKS of the EBOLA VIRUS* (1995, 2000) Marburg & Ebola Viruses (Encyclop.of Virology) Ebola Outbreaks - Updates Ebola Recommended Reading list National Center for Infectious Diseases WHO Ebola Factsheet (1997) WHO Ebola Publications & Documents Ebola Page Emerging and Re-emerging Viruses (A.Jacobson) Ebola Virus Reported in Northern Uganda (October 2000) Ebola Warning on Uganda, Congo Border (September 1999)

	*UGANDA* Uganda U.Penn.African Studies Uganda (links from Stanford U.) AdmiNet: Uganda (links) Uganda Uganda Country Study (Library of Congress, dated) Uganda: The Pearl of Africa Buganda Home Page AfricaOnline: Uganda Forecasts for Entebbe & Kampala The New Vision for a Better Uganda, newspaper The Monitor Ugandan newspaper on-line Constitutional Background & Political Parties (dated) IRIN Uganda Updates - from UN's Relief Web Electronic Networking in Uganda MUKLA Uganda Bookdrive Initiative Reference books needed - please donate Rwenzori Mountains National Park Virunga National Park (World Heritage description Lonely Planet Guide to Uganda Travel tips for wazungus Gorillas in Uganda (Deutsch)
	*KENYA* Kenyawab Kenya U.Penn. African Studies Kenya (links from Stanford U.) Kenya Western Kenya and Maragoli AllAfrica: Kenya Headlines AdmiNet: Kenya (links) AfricaOnline: Kenya Virtual Nairobi Nairobi weather forecast Constitutional Background & Political Parties (dated) Lonely Planet Guide to Kenya Travel tips for wazungus

	*TANZANIA* Tanzania U Penn African Studies Tanzania (links from Stanford U.) Dar Es Salaam weather forecast AdmiNet: Tanzania (links) Tanzania Digital National Atlas of Tanzania Tanzania peep this! AfricaOnline: Tanzania AllAfrica: Tanzania Headlines Radio One Tanzania (RealAudio) Kilimanjaro National Park Ngorongoro and Empakaai Craters and Olduvai Gorge The Univeristy of Dar Es Salaam Tanzania factfile (photos & links) Lonely Planet Guide to Tanzania Travel tips for wazungus


	*KI-SWAHILI* The Kamusi Project: Internet Living Swahili Dictionary (Yale) Swahili Noun Classification by Ellen Contini-Morava (UVA) IU Language Lab audio tapes (available for purchase)

	*MUSIC from AFRICA and the AFRICAN DIASPORA* The African Music Encyclopedia Afropop Worldwide (Public Radio International) African Music Home Page NTAMA: Journal of African Music & Popular Culture

	JUMPING-OFF POINT for AFRICAN-AMERICAN INTERESTS WebDiva's InfoCenter Black History and Literature (Keele University, UK) African American Literature (USC) Afro-American Newspapers Home Page «He was immunized by God from catching the diseases that he fought.» -- from Jesse Jackson's eulogy for Jackie Robinson

NON-HUMAN PRIMATES	The Misty Future of Rwanda's Mt. Gorillas Doug Fine 1995 1997 Mt. Gorilla Census, Bwindi Forest, Uganda NetVet - Primate Home Page Primate Information Center literature searches available Primate Information Network (PIN) AskPrimate (from PIN) Primate-Jobs positions available World Directory of Primatologists Pan African News Chimps/Mahale (Japan) The World of Chimpanzees Mahale info (Japan) Budongo Forest Project Western Uganda German Primate Center (DPZ) Primate Society of Great Britain American Society of Primatologists Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center Duke University Primate Center (lemurs) Yerkes Research Center Emory University les gorilles en français Gorilla Foundation Penny Patterson's site Orang-utan Birute Galdikas Jeanne Sept's Home Page Kevin Hunt's Home Page Mountain Gorillas in Peril Primate Gallery Fossil Hominids Jim Foley University Anthropology Departments list

OTHER BEASTIES	Electronic Zoo/Net Vet - Dogs Electronic Zoo/Net Vet - Cats A-Z of Australian- Animals The A-Z of Camels American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) American Kennel Club Cat Fanciers Web Site How Cats Communicate: Vocalizations & Behavior B-EYE: See Through the Eyes of a Honeybee Communicating with Parrots: The Pepperberg Home Page Lizard Central Barry Sinervo, UCSC African Wild Dog Project National Disaster Search Dog Foundation Raptor Center birds of prey preservation / rescue Zoo in the Wild from Italy Sounds of the World's Animals (Georgetown) Careers in Animal Behavior «If she had not called a slug a snail and asked whether a bat was the female of a tawny owl, she wouldn't have been taken for a"person from Paris."» -- Colette «My Friend Valentine»
TROPICAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION	International Primate Protection League International Wildlife Education and Conservation The Jane Goodall Institute J. Goodall Center for Excellence in Environmenal Studies Berggorilla & Regenwald Direkthilfe (Mt. Gorilla & Rain Forest Direct Aid) Gorilla Conservation News Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Mountain Gorilla Protection (slow-loading) Orangutans at Risk! Conservation Agencies (links) Biodiversity Environmental Organizations WebDirectory Wildlife Web: Conservation Links IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals UNESCO World Heritage List CAUZ: Consortium of Aquariums, Universities & Zoos «It is a poverty-striken convention to place animals into landscapes as seen by men; instead, we should contemplate the soul of the animal to divine its way of sight.» -- Franz Marc (1880-1916)

SITES NEUROLOGICAL	Neuroscience on the Internet American Academy of Neurology The UNC-Chapel Hill Division of Neurosurgery BRAINMAP: The Manhattan Project of the Mind Human Brain Project Harvard Undergraduate Society for Neuroscience Neuropsychology Central links page Neuroscience Web Search Engine (seems to have gone belly-up) Neuroscience for Kids Eric H. Chudler - Home Page great resource for students/teachers of neuroscience The Journal of Neuroscience (full text)
	*IMAGING* McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (McGill) The Whole Brain Atlas (Harvard) The Human Brain Project VRML 3-D imaging The Visable Human Project Lab of Neuro Imaging (LONI) UCLA 3D Reconstruction of Optically Sectioned Images «If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't.» -- Emerson Pugh, philosopher

21st CENTURY	*ESSENTIALS to PACK* «A razor and a change of shirt. He who would travel happily must travel light.» -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
	The White House E-mail President Clinton: president@whitehouse.gov THOMAS: Legislation Information on the Internet E-mail your U.S. Senator Speak up! Write or call your Congressional Representative Speak out! Martin Luther Kings's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963) Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" Speech (1851) Constitutions of Countries World Wide Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Laws Elections Around the World Election Notes (daily updates on elections worldwide) AJR Newslink World On-Line Newspapers Amnesty International On-line Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) World Population Count (continually updated) Global Statistics by country N.C. Solar Center Factsheets «Alle Reisen haben eine heimliche Bestimnung, die der Reisende nicht ahnt. [All journeys have a secret purpose, which the traveler does not suspect.]» -- Martin Buber
	*BOOTSTRAPPIN'* Distance Learning Resources Listing of Free Homepage Providers (want a homepage, but got no server?) Virtual Courses on the Web French Lessons from Everywhere Web French Lessons by Jaques Léon Web Italian Lessons, by Lucio Chiappetti Web Spanish Lessons, by Tyler Jones & Jennifer Chambers On-Line Gaelic Lessons Bruidhinnar Cànan (Speaking Our Language) JobTrak (job listings) Positions in Universities CareerMosaic «Destination, when the train isn't moving, seems only a forgotten dream.» -- Eudora Welty

DIAL 911	«One may gain by losing and lose by gaining.» -- Lao-Tzu Research Guide by MK Center for Disease Control (CDC) Home Page Emergency Medicine Text Snakebit Emergency Webpage Australia / New Guinea Emergency Snakebite Info Medical Herpetology (snake & spider bite info) Emergency Treatment for: Altitude Sickness \| Frostbite \| Appendicitis \| Near Drowning \| Giardia North American Snakebite Emergency Medicine RxList (drug listings) NetVet Veterinary Resources First Aid (Mayo Clinic) Mental Health Links (by subject) EPA's Indoor Air Quality Home Page World Health Organization (WHO) Current Views on Malaria Prophylaxis by Dr. A. Goldman Lariam Info Page (anti-malarial mefloquine) Malaria (diagnosis & treatment) Malaria Database Clinical Tropical Medicine Links U.S. State Department Travel Advisories Currency Converter includes African currencies Currency Conversion Cheat Sheet Nolo Self-Help Law Center legal info National Hurricane Center (NOAA) SIMS Hurricane Watch (East Coast of U.S.) Hurricane & Storm Tracking (Atlantic & Pacific Oceans) Today's Earthquake Activity International Disaster Situation Reports (by country) Missing Children Sherlock Bones, Tracer of Missing Pets Emergency Food & Shelter for Homeless Winter Driving Tips International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) American Red Cross «I am the one whose love overcomes you, already with you when you think to call my name....» -- Jane Kenyon from «Briefly It Enters, and Briefly Speaks»
SEE the WORLD	*HORIZON EXPANDER...* For just a little shove in the right direction, try one of these... «A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.» -- Eduora Welty, 1983
	The City of Hiroshima Japan AAA World Announce Archives top sites from Down Under Tera Search engine en español Subway Navigator 60 cities worldwide LatinoLink Indiginous Nations of Canada & the U.S. Tibet Online News from Brazil on-line magazine Masala spicy Indian 'zine New Zealand on the Web Around the World in 80 Clicks Nomadic Research Labs The Old Timer's Page How to Make a Decision Like a Tribe `stay tuned... more to come!` «Learning is being able to see the relationship between things.» -- Jean Renoir, film director

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